RFD Illinois

Coverage of Secretary Vilsack’s visit to Kankakee County yesterday. A recap of the weekly crop numbers. Matt Bennett, Ag Market.Net on harvest progress and sluggish corn market.

Good news for soybean growers as demand for soybean oil for biodiesel has increase, RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.IDOA Director Costello reports on harvest and Josh Maschoff on the potential impact of California’s Prop 12. Pork month slow cookin’ with Mary Liz Wright, University of Illinois Extension.

RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the likelihood of a Farm Bill Extension. A view from the cab with FarmWeek's Dan Grant. DeLoss Jahnke talks with Rich Nelson, Allendale, Inc. on soybean markets and Paul Rohde, Waterways Council on low river levels.

Optimism for a 2023 farm bill has all but evaporated, but there are still ways to boost support for American agriculture, outside the farm bill. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Megan Dwyer from Illinois Corn discusses “We are the 96” promotion from Big River Energy in Galva. Sarah Hastings, ICGA district 6 director, Rosalie Trump, DeKalb Co, We Are The 96 participants.

RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the state of limbo the US Congress finds itself in. Illinois Pork Producers Association President Chad Leman provides a harvest update from Woodford County. We get a recap of September precipitation from State Climatogoist Trent Ford and ConservFS Turf Specialist Josh Murray provides turf management tips for this time of year.

Chad Leman, President of the Illinois Pork Producers talks about the issues facing the pig business in October 2023 Profit Watch Energy with Dan Engel GROWMARK; Corn price rally with Lawrence Kane, Total Farm Marketing